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HUNGER IN THE HOLY LAND
IN THIS COLUMN, we give you from time to time bits of
information about the HOLY LAND: the flowers, archeology,
Biblical stories ... all to draw your
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For the HOLY LAND and its mission
needs is our central work ... We
sre in 18 countries where the East-
j ^ ern Rites are celebrated. These coun-
^ tries radiate out from Jerusalem like
circles of light . . . And in the midst
of the HOLY LAND lies one of our
chief problems — seemingly without
solution — the 1.4 million refugees
from the Arab-Israel War of 1948.
They still live in refugee centers . . .
Among them are over a hundred
thousand Catholics. Life goes on almost hopelessly in these
centers except for the fact that help comes from outside . . .
We have been entrusted with these refugees by Our Holy
Father himself. And in the month of May we make a special
plea for them, an urgent call upon your help ... It was in the
Temple in JERUSALEM that Christ said: “I was hungry and
you gave me to eat, thirsty and you gave me to drink, naked
and you clothed me . . .” He was describing the Last Judg-
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seminarian costs $100 a year for six years. The training of
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clothed and housed for $10 a month.
3. We must feed families. $10 a month will give them a most
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4. A STRINGLESS GIFT will help us do what is most needed
at the time.
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Pardon me for letting infec
tious sentimentality spill over
into a second column, but Savan
nah is still abuzz with mem
ories of the Elcano Spanish
naval cadets. Just a few more
observations, please.
As was stated, the obvious
manly devotion to the Virgin
Mother of God is worthy of
imitation. Let us see if we have
learned that lesson well. Will
it increase teen-age attendance
at May devotions. Or is their
devout homage to be admired
at a distance, but not followed
as an example of virtue? I was
told the whole southern section
of Spain, the region of Andalu
sia is called “the land of Holy
Mary.” A nickname compara
ble to Dixie.
Another observation. So many
of the young ladies were struck
by the gentility, courtesy,
charm, polish, "noblesse
oblige” shown by these young
men. True, we must make al
lowances for the fact that these
Spaniards are a few years older
than the girls' usual dates, and
are undoubtedly the cream of
their country’s manhood, from
the finest old families of the
land. And yet, that alone would
not explain their superior con
duct and behavior. As one young
lady remarked, "Our American
boys could learn much.”
The most ridiculous thing I
stumbled upon was the forlorn
girl in the junior class whose
steady threatened to break up
their romance if she even went
near the ship. Talk about being
insecure and unsure. And to
think of the rich experience she
missed because of the inconsid
erate and possessive attitude of
some foolish youths.
A few words about their chap
lain, Padre Angel Seija, whose
whole life will be spent in the
Spanish navy. He is a delightful
and charming personality,
priestly to the core, unmis
takable another Christ in his
every outlook and action. He
radiates love for humanity to
the point where I would term
him a “Pope John in minia
ture.” His deep feeling for
Christian unity is as efferves
cent and active as the Holy Fa
ther’s, too.
As he bade farewell to a
kindly minister at dockside, he
said something like the
following remarks. “The spi
rituality of the United States
is striking. I had been led to
believe it was a country im
mersed in materialism and
worldliness. The Catholic peo
ple talked highly of their good
priests. One thing that distress
ed me was four different
churches in an area of a meter.
How sadly Christ’s body has
been mangled and split and
torn. Reverend, won’t you pray
and work for unity among Chris
tians. Priests and ministers,
rather than laymen, will be
responsible before God if dis
unity continues unmoved.”
Remarkable and courageous
words. While spellbound by the
romance and flights of fancy
concerning the visit of the Span
ish, let us draw the conclusion
that we might well beg their
holy Patroness and ours, to in
tercede for real unity among
divided believers in her Son,
Jesus Christ.
* * *
On* the “Juan Sebastian De
Elcano” I met many people and
made a lot of wonderful friends.
Among these are:
BELTRAN-
(Continued from Page 1)
children look to grandparents.
“Only when there is some
sensational news—an earth
quake, a revolution, a flood,
a murder—is Latin America
mentioned in mass media. Oth
erwise, silence. Thus, North
America believes our continent
has no interest at all. Many
do not know by whom our coun
tries are inhabited; some still
are not sure whether we are
many distinct countries . . .
Certainly you, as journalists,
know.
“And where your knowledge
is deficient, you can remedy it,
you can find truth, search out
the sources, reveal the facts.
And as competent profession
als, you know how to communi
cate your knowledge fairly, ob
jectively, creatively.”
“ You are the bridge of under
standing,” Beltran concluded,
“upon which the men and wo
men of many nations will walk.’
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The first time I visited the
ship I spent the entire after
noon being escorted on a tour.
During this time, I met most
of the people mentioned above
and many others whose names
I failed to get.
I returned to the ship a num
ber of times and each time found
it just as intrigueing as the
first visit. On my last visit,
my friends and I spent many
hours just talking about our
countries, where they were
going next, what they thought
about Savannah and its popula
tion, how they were enjoying
themselves, how friendly and
nice the peoole were around
here and many, many little
things which new friends talk
about.
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One of the officers that I
became good friends with was
one who could speak English a
little better than most, so it
was comparatively easy to
communicate with him. Some of
the others I met could not speak
English, but we managed to get
across what we meant even if it
took sign language to do it.
I also became very well aware
of the fact that Spanish drink
wine as we would water. I,
myself drank a small glass to
be hospitable, and I also know
that a very few of our young
Americans, (but then there al
ways are a few), took advantage
of the Spanish hospitality in this
respect . I thoroughly enjoyed
myself and hated to see the
ship leave, but all things must
come to an end. I intend to write
to my friends and they to me,
and can hardly wait until the
ship returns.
JANICE
* * *
The Spanish boys far outshone
the American boys that I have
known. The biggest difference
was that the Spanish boys were
much more polite and respect
ful to girls than American boys.
Another thing that impressed
me was their patriotism and
love for their native country.
They were up on all current
events in the world, know their
history of each country (not
just Spain), and could carry on
intelligent and interesting con
versations. They could also
dance much better than Ameri
can boys. They put rhythm into
their every step—they could
waltz, tango, and do the flam
enco. They were not strong ad
vocates of the twist.
They seemed to like girls who
were really feminine—they did
not like to see girls in shorts
and bermudas. All in all, the
Spanish boys have left a very
favorable impression upon my
mind. They are true gentlemen
and I think that American boys
could learn much from these
Spanish boys.
I for one, will always remem
ber and cherish the friendships
I have made with the guarda-
marinas of the Juan Sebastian.
“SENIOR MISS”
The Southern Cross, May 11, 1963—PAGE 5
‘Time’ Dinner
Invocation
By Cardinal
NEW YORK—Francis Cardi
nal Spellman, America’s best-
known Prince of the Church,
invoked the blessing of Almighty
God Monday night, May 6, on
the greatest single gathering
of personalities and celebrities
ever to meet at one time.
The occasion was Time
magazine’s dinner at the Wal
dorf-Astoria’s grand ballroom
for 300 eminent men and wo
men from all over the world
who have been “cover sub
jects” of the publication during
the past four decades.
Cardinal Spellman, now 74
and leading a more energetic
life than many men in their 20’s,
was on Time’s cover February
25, 1946.
Bishops Tell Peruvians
Work Hard For Reforms
Or Face Social Collapse
LIMA, Peru, (NC)—Peru’s
Bishops have warned this South
American nation’s people that
they must all work hard for
profound political, social and
economic changes or face social
collapse.
The Bishops spoke (May 1)
in a joint pastoral letter in
which they pointed out that “the
present rhythm of social change
in our nation is excessively
slow and anemic. It must be
accelerated in every way possi
ble.” They added:
“There will never be genuine
progress unless all Peruvians
U. N. Social Commission
Renews Stress On Problem
Of Rapid Population Growth
By Alba Zizzamia
(n:c.w.c. NEWS SERVICE)
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.—
The rapid rate of population
growth, especially in the econo
mically less developed coun
tries, was given renewed em
phasis during the current ses
sion of the United Nations Social
Commission.
Subject of discussion is a re
port on the world situation. It
was prepared by the U.N. sec
retariat with the cooperation of
the specialized agencies, such
as the World Health Organiza
tion, United National Education
al, Scientific and Cultural Or
ganization and the Food and
Agriculture Organization.
The main theme of the report
is that although much progress
has been made in all fields,
the population increase in the
last decade has resulted in more
hungry, illiterate, unhoused,
unemployed people than before.
In the boldest statement it has
made to date, the United Nations
secretariat commented in the
introduction to the report:
* ‘The problem that is creating
controversy today is not
whether families in densely
populated, less developed areas
should control fertility at all,
LATIN AMERICAN
(Continued from Page 1)
and intensive coverage of the
Latin American scene by the
Catholic press in the last sev
eral years, there still remains
a large gap to be filled.”
He said that an effort to
close this gap will be made by
the newly established Catholic
Inter-American Cooperation
Program (CICOP), which is un
der sponsorship of the sub
committee for inter-American
cooperation of theU.S. Bishops’
Committee for Latin America.
He said the program will re
present “a continuing initiative
to promote understanding,
friendship and concern among
Catholics of the U.S. for their
neighbors” south of the border.
He also said the CICOP will
stage an annual national Latin
American cooperation confer
ence, designed to enlist the
aid of Catholic organizations
in the U.S. in bringing about
“an understanding of friend ship
and concern for Latin Ameri
ca.” The first such annual
meeting will take place in Chi
cago from January 20 to 24,
1964, he stated.
Four panelists «*t the same
convention session agreed with
Msgr. Quinn’s assessment of
the need for more knowledge
by U. S. Catholics about Latin
America, but not with his lauda
tory statement about Catholic
press coverage of that area.
The panelists were Msgr.
Richard H.J. Hanley, editor of
the Long Island Catholic, Rock
ville Centre, N.Y.; Father Vin
cent J. Lovett, editor of the
Catholic Reporter, Kansas City,
Mo.; John J. Deedy, editor of
the Pittsburgh Catholic; and
Douglas J. Roche, associate
editor of the Sign magazine,
Union City, N.J. They all said
that Catholic press handling of
the Latin American scene could
stand much improvement.
Deedy said that “the chal
lenge is to get Catholic journa
lists to Latin America.” He
suggested that CPA regional
conventions be held in differ
ent areas of Latin America.
Deedy said he believes the
* ‘destiny of the Church in Latin
America is worth the invest
ment of sending editors there
to see for themselves what con
ditions are.” By so doing, he
added, the editors would be in
a position to impart to their
readers a better picture of
conditions in Latin America.
Father Lovett agreed that a
visit to Latin America is the
best way for Catholic journa
lists to give better coverage to
but whether the state should
intervene in certain cirsum-
stances to promote greatly in
creased fertility control,
through the use of modern con
traceptive methods currently
employed in the economically
developed countries, or by other
effective means.”
The report itself voices re
servations as to the adequacy
of the statistics on which the
chapter dealing with population
growth is based. And it points
out “that no universal gener
alization can be laid down re
garding the favorable or un
favorable effect of population
growth upon economic growth.”
While the greatest population
pressures affect Asia, the re
port points out that it is not
possible to say whether the un
expected increase in the last
decade in this area “is genuine
or merely the result of progress
in the quality of the statistics.”
Ecumenism
Gaining
AUCKLAND, New Zealand,
(NC)—The ecumenical move
ment among the Churches in
New Zealand is a most hopeful
stage, according to the Moder
ator of the General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church in
New Zealand, the Right Rev.
M. W. Wilson.
He suggested in a speech here
(April 29) that the most exciting
sign of the times in church life
was the changing relationship
between Catholicism and Pro
testantism.
that area. He stated, however,
that much improvement in cov
erage could also be made if
Catholic journalists read more
about the geography and history
of Latin American countries.
Roche said that on-the-scene
reporting is even more neces
sary in the case of magazine
writers because they have “to
go for that extra dimension
that makes the story come
alive.”
He suggested that when such
writers visit Latin America,
they should interview persons
in various walks of life, and
not only Catholics, so that they
can get an over-all picture of
the area.
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convince themselves that the
solution to national problems
depends to a great extent on
the quantity of their personal
work and effort. Foreign aid,
loans, plans. . .and machinery
will be of little use if the will
to work is lacking.”
"First and foremost,” the
prelates declared, “there must
be a disappearance of the com
placent passiveness of those
who believe that the present
order is just or at least toler
able, or that the evils cannot
be remedied.”
Part of the work everyone
must do, the Bishops said, is
to take a conscientious and ac
tive interest in politics. The
Bishops called on all voters to
cast ballots in the national elec
tions scheduled for June 9.
The Peruvian Hierarchy also
urged politicians not to seek
office without proper training.
The Bishops stated:
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